The Sun. — London, England, 1809-04-08 00:00:00

EdSTINDLI HOUSE. t Yesterdly a Gen,ral Costa of Preprictors was held at the In& After. the Proceedings of the last Court had been read, the Chairman ststecithe present Court to be called for the purpos of confirming the Resolutions of the last Court,. for the appointment of a Military Secretary, and two ASsistant Secretaries to the Exa miner's Offic e ; also the Resolution for esta blishing a Seminary for the Education of Cadets for their Ariiliery and Engineer Corps. The Reports recommending each et these measures were read— oh the Chairinan pi'oposing that fur appointing a Military Secretary — Mr. Roca roe' to say., that atter deliberately con ,sideriog the Measure, it could not _have his assent. Mr. R. ebservede that nothing short of a degree of necessity, which had by no.means been made out, Could justify so considerable an additional expelice in the present circernstanees of the Company ; but even supposing for argement's sake, that such Officers Were necessary,he thought they ought to be seleaed frous their . present set vents, who were.on all bands admitted to be able an meritorious men. Mr. R. Gbierved, with considerable feeling, upon the pain ful sensations which must accompany a measure, which he contended was, as to the present Officers .of the House, one of indignity and supersession, .and :not called for by the circumstances laid. before them ; he should therefore Move that all the words of the Re.olunon atier the word " That" be left out, in order to substitute one, declarins in sub stace, Toat the Servants of the House. continued to possess the esteem and confidence of that Court, &c. Colonel SCOTT said, that although he partook of all the SelitiinelltS which he had heard respeeting our 'old servants, he could not second the motion, as it went to 'annul altogether the Resolution of the- Di reOlors, which would not be cousistent with the re epe('t I,r, bore towards that part of the Court. Mr. LowNnes likewise felt for- the situation of ~ the Officers of the House, although he was not Ore pared to ascribe to theirt so great a degree of merit - as: Was comeyeT4 the proposed Amendment ; they it'ight or might not pcisess s it ; but he would nut Vrite such a fat to be true without the ineansof Imowing it. He said, he felt rather disposed * to con , cur us the Resolution of the Court of Diretfori 'tended as it was upon their Report; providesl souse yords of memorandum could. be added,. which . should pi : event she circumstance of taking atrangers imme dieely into their highest office's, front being chasm into the precedent. The Chairtnan.observeJ, that Mr. Rock's Amends rent not having berm seconded, there was no other thanthe original question before the Court, which he. sva's'eroceeding to put, when 'Mr. JActssost rose, and referring to the observa tions which he had made at the last Court, oport the ilovelty and iniportence of the measure, not so much with regard to 'expellee, as to the, danger of , the l)recedent,'said be should propose some additional :words by way of amendment, which he hoped would meet cunflicting epiiiions, and secure themselves from danger as swell as sooth the 'feelings and tran quilize the apprehensions of their Officers, while it gave to the Company, in the present instaucc, the : Icivattiage of the measure. He said, the question batually resolved itself • into three coesiderations— ' "lamely, the necessity of such appointments—what evils mittit possibly arise from the precedent—and bOw they might be guarded . against : upon these Mr, J. argued separately ; he admitted the necessity to be imperative ; he Was coniiti&d, : he said, not only from an a tte nt i ve p e rusal of the Reports, but ' liom many tans which had been before him for pro- Tessional advice, that a degree of delay had, very . frequently, taken place in the office in question, so COnsiderable in extent, and so cruel in operation, as to afford in his mind a strong impeachment 01 the : Company's Government 1 he hoped that this tins chief wnttld be cured by the proposed measure. The evils to be apprehended, he said ; were first as to the Officers at the House, and next, as to thetitselves. .t was impossible, but that the Gentlemen of: the }louse should feel chagrin on the occasion, though the Report was not disparaging to them, for it stated they could not fill the offices in question, tvithout being taken from • others where their abilities had tendered their continuance absolutely necessary. The fault, he thought, had been in not avoiding this ne ,cessity of 'calling in foreign aid, by the due prepara tion of a sufficient number of young Gentlemen for an office much ' resembling :that of the Secretary of state for the Foreign Department ; this not having 'been done, the measure bad become necessary, but 'he thought the Court ought to guard against future • supersession ; he described the trying situation of fa 'rnilies, who, being received in society as gentle .folks, had much to struggle with to keep up appear - • anees ; their consolation, ' and that which enableil • theta to pass with fortitude So great a proportion of . `their lives upon such narrow stipend, was the moral islotrance which they had a right to indulge in, froth • • the atenost undeviating history of the Company for near three centuries, that they should in time arrive r•-.•: at, or near the top of their respective offices; a. well • • --, t.:-, grounded prospect of futore promotion operated with such 'persons as present rank, and had consi -1 ,' derable influence in the introcludion of their children, and the alliances which they formed; these prospects i 'which, perhaps, might otherwise be thought to he rendered doubtful by the Resolution proposed, he thought the General Court should, by its declara- . , tion, strengthen and confirm, so that those who had l'itherto looked , forward to: become the heads of of ."Ces might be encouraged to continue their arclumus: i•,' , .?. and honourable conrottof service, without themselves or their familieS having, to live in dread of eventual: or ultimate supersession. With regard to themselves, , he thought what they had to fear was, that having thus 'node an opening to strangers; future GoVern , inents or future Directors would naturally think Of introducing . . i those who were allied to them in blood or friendship, at the expence of the Servants of the 1-louse, with whom they were not likely to be in habits of friendship, and whose situations precluded them front that freedom of access necessary for the representation of the hardship of their cases; he had to fears of the kind from the *Sent DiredOrs•—. poue from the present Government—and certainly none from the amiable and unassuming President of the Board of Controul; but feeling it. necessary to guard the 'Company 'against the possibility of evil, -;Is far as a Resoletien of that Court could. do it, he I , h ould move an adflition to the Resolution proposed ~, 13Y the COuvt of Directors. ' t i ~, ~:: . itlr. Ifckson then moved an Amendtpelit, after some suggestions' from the 'llePtity Chairman, and Mr. Twining, stood as follows, viz.—. That this Court, relying upon the representa tion of the Court of Ditee.tors, and fully sensible of the weight of the observations contained in the Re ports now read, as to the necessity of appidintiog a Military Secretary and two Assistant Secretaries to the Examiner's Office, do agree to the same, but this Court, 'whilst it can have no'doubt of the diS positiou of the'Executive Body • 'to eoutvenance and "protect} the Servants brought up in thiS House, de si:es to express its awn anxiety to continue to them the protthion of the East India' Company, and to assure the Court of Diredors of its readinese, - at. all times, to concur with them in rewarding long and meritorious services. Anti this Court doth further resolve, that should the DiredOrs'find it expedient_ to appoint to either of the said Offices of Military Secretary or Assistant Secretaries to the EXaMitiers Office, Gentlemen who have not been regularly bred in this House, or in tile. service of the Company, the said appointments - shall in no wise be drawn inlo a precedent for:the appointment of (Abet' persons so circumstanced." Mr. Low N DES said, the Amendment so complete ly met• his ideas, and removed Ins objections, that he begged leave so second it. The amended. Resolution was then pUt, and pass ed unanimously. • , .• The CHAIRMAN next proposed the *Resolution for establishing a Seminary for the education of the Ca dets for their Artillety and Engineer Corp:, Mr. JACKSON said, :he, had great pleasure in sup .porting this proposition, and although he should it) ,this: case also. offer an Amendment, it would not have for its object -to cheCk- or to restrain, but to -encoerage and to extend the system. - Mr. J. after adverting , to, the history of other nations who had .obtaint , d - beilleMentS in India; :said, it was reserved • o for Great Britairi to have the rehoWn of rendering civilization cornznensurate with. 6)nquest„' and' of shewiug. as ardent :a desire to di)a . use the arts as to ; extend their'commetcei . above all, the glory was reserved far the : - Englidi East India Company, of giving.to their Servants 'an enlightened and iirtuous education, b.:fore iusent them into situations of .au '.thority soekeensive.over their fellow-ereatures. said, he could'not imagine a blessing so trabscen dam to the settlers in India, or to those millions ,whoin Providence had been pleased to place under their authority, 33'a ViTHIOUS European community; they had taken the only method to secure that . blessing, by previously giving to their servants at\ education suited to the' stations which they would have to fill; other countries had sant out•able men ) end breve:and successful men, but they had been too often , turbulent, ambitious, and sanguinary ; Ito trusted they should prove that.Ethpire was more se curely maintained by moderation, humanity, and justice. Mr. Jackson expressed' a wish, that 'the ,Gentleman '(Colonel Mudge), who was to be the .Public EXaminer, should be Made, in botne degree, responsible for the proficiency of the student, or be obliged , to report in writing the result of his examiz. tuition of each individual, observing, that those who had been drawn through Univerisiiies and other pith tic seminaries, must know the I . elaxatiot) which frequently took place in the office - of Mr. J. also expressed a wish, that frequent repfts • should be made to the Proprietors of the sstate of their seminaries ; he then moved, by way of addi. :tion to the Resolution of the. DireCtors, aa follows, viz. " That this Court cloth highly approve of the pro posed: Plan of a seminary for the more complete and' economical education of Cadets ter their Artillery and Engineer Corps, and desires, to express the sa tisfaEtion it will afford the Proprietors, whenever the Direaors shall find that they can, consistently with the general interests of the East India Company, ex lend the benefit of such an institution to the Cadets at large. And this Court requests, that the Direc tors will lay before them, froM 'time to time, at least once in each year, an account of their different Seminaries in England, - particularly stating the num ber of pupils, the'expence occasioned thereby, and their general state as to improvement in the various branches Of learning." Colonel. SCOTT seconded the Ainendment; but expressed an anxious wish that the Officers to the Seminary should be taken from the Company'S Ser.; vants, -several of whom he mentioned an being eminently qualified; he . seamed to think the Com pany forgot the old soldiers who.had fought their battles. • , The,GRAIRMAN defended the Court against this latter imputation, and sheaved that Colonel Mudge was not only the'fitteet person for the offiCebut, situated as he was; nothing bat his zeal, and that of the Master of the Ordnanse, • foi the mide.rtakieg, could have induced his acceptance of it. Mr. Lowe') Ks highly approved of the Amend ment, but feared that he should, appear, by hi, eh. serrations, to be the echo of Mr. Jackson s HOWOV‘r, it argued some' mind, he said, in choosing a person so worthy of being followed. Mr. Lowndes then expressed his fears respecting the relaxation of the Professur, and told the Court an anecdote of the Professor 'of Astronomy at Oxford, in a manner so felicitous aS to keep the Court in a roar of laughter. His great uucle, he said, had b een foolish enough to found the Prokssorship, but did not direet the le6tures to be given, consequently there had never been a single lecture. On finding this, he had ruler ' ed himself for the Professorship, thinking that one non-efficient man would do as well as another, es pecially as he was of the founder's INn, but be fpund the appointment went according to Parliamentary interest, and it was given . hi a Oentleman who lad been very useful to Mr. Pitt at his &Mimi for Cam bridge. The question was then put, and the amend , ed Resolution passed unaniusqosly. TH$ CHA IRMAN then moved that the Court do adjourn. Mr. ROCK begged, ' befere the Coen broke up, to put a question to theGernietnen on the other side of the bar. It was stated'otu of doors, that they had come to a Resolution, in cons e qoenee of th e R e p ort of the Select Committee, oft abeseS in the disposal of Writerships and Culetiships itt the sett?iet et Conipany; that all'the persons who had so.procured t h e i r ,io d 4i (el e should b a distnissed. He wished to 'mow it his inforMation in this reape4 was . correct The C t i %I A N repeated the question of adjourn ment. Colonel .SeoTT said he had come into the Coutt lcida- fully impressed with the idea, that soma die „cu Sion would take place on..the.subjed of the Re port alltided .to. He was satisfied that some notice of that Report was called for,' and he had hoped that a motion on the cubit:a .would have bepti hrought forward by his Honourable Friend near him. Jackson), who,was On all occasions so zealons a friend for the interests of the. Couiptnv. He thought it impossible' to read the Report , withoitt being- struck with astonishment at:perceiving 'the figure which an Ex-Dire: for of that Company, Mr. Ibellusson, made in Who'could believe.it poss.- sible that that Gentleman should, in the common courie of things, have given :iw ay to 'one:person, his tear relative, three Wfiterships in the course fof two years, .and that every one of these Nhonid have been corruptly disposed of? Yet the:same Gentle man had been again recommended by' the Court of. Directors to the : Prisprietors, to Come in. opoo the present vacancy, and - he nederstood that. the•oppo sitioir against lain had :been waved, ThiS, 'he was s.itistied, was not for the. interests of the Company, nor was it Creditable to the charader or their Direc tors. By a law, he did not. know whether it was a law of , the land or a bye-la wof the , Company, the period of intimation was limited to a certain nutnber of days.—[The Chairman informed him -it was a bye-law of the Company.]--Then the same autho rity which etratied the law had a right to alter it, and he wished that the period should .be extended, for the purpose of giving an opportunity to some man of honour and independence to come forward. Mr. r lll !NINO said he was satisti , 2d it was not the intention of the Court to allow the Report alluded to, to pass withoUt a delibetate discussion upon it. , however, he presumed to think, wits not ex l - • attly ,the moment for such a discussion., The Court had not yet had time to consider the Report with such deliberation as to enable them to come to 'a dispassionate decision upon it. He had bee'n one of the most forward, some time ago, to endeavour to deted abuses of the kind here developed. He was \ now come to that age, when he might be supposed .to have retired from the bustle of business ; bat still he conld not allow a question of-this nature to rass over, in.silence, Illst it should be supposed that he had grown cool and indifferent to the interests of the Company, or that he bad changed his opirdon on the subject. He assured the Court,, however, that he should not allow the present Report to pass unnoticed. Mr. Lo WNDES said, he had been struck with snr. prise on observing an intimation in the-publc ,prints,.' by which it appeared that is Meeting of the Direa ors had been held, at which they had thought it ne cessary to pass a 4lesolution, exculpating Mr.'Thel lesson from all blame i 9 the transactions develOped" in the Repot ti and recommending lrim as a fit per= son for the choice of the Proprietors on the precen t occasion. He saw, from the silence of his Honour- % able ?nd Learned Friend (Mr. Jackson), as well as Item the opinion he had heard from the respetiab:e and experienced Proprietor who had just sat doWn, that this was not the proper moment for discussing the. Report in question, which, indeed, was only printed yesterday. He could not, however, forbear from thinking that the HOnourahle Gentlemen in the Bar had fur the time forgotten their own si tuation, and, instead of regarding themselves as the Zxecetive Body, had supposed themselves the Elea'. ors. ' Either they must hare done 50, ) or:they must have allowed their feelings fur the moment to run away with their judgment. This was by no means an unusual case. We had seen De Lohne, Who, 'though a foreigner, was the best writer On the C , )nsiitutiort of. this Country who had ever existed, when he self had a cause in Court, apply privately to the , Judge, as if he had. been one of the corrupt Judges whom he had been accustomed to meet with in other countries. Even Mr. Sheridan!' whose whole'pub lic liter bespoke him a sincere friend to the Laws and Constitution of the Country, had so tar taigotted himself, as to write a private letter to the Lord Chan-, Cellor on the, affairs of Drury-lane Theatre, then' under his Lordship's consideration; On the impro , priety of such caudal R e is Lordship remarked in open Court. These instances, however, might serve as proofs,- that where a person's feelings' wer e in-' terested, he did not alw a ys act with twit propriety which, were he himself unconcerned, 'he would expect to discern an others. If the bright eyes of Mr. Sheridan, who so ardently loved and admired the Constitution, could he so fir blinded where he himself was a party, it was not very remarkable that the Court of Dire6tors should have deviated a little from, the stri& rule of propriety. He protest ed, however, against the idea of . the Court or Pro, prietors being supposed to he in -leading strings, and that the Direttors should hold them. Mr. JACKSON said, the Honourable Proprietor near him (Colonel Scott), must:have completely misunderstood what he said on-a former day, it he supposed that it could be in his contemplation' to al low the Report in question to pass without notke. So far was he from being s ot this opini on , t h at h e had, on the v,:ry first day the Report was before the Court, expressed his determination to found a 'mo tion upon it. He was still decidedly -of that Mind, and was even satisfied that nothing but a very strong Resolution of, the Court of Proprietors on 'the sub je.eueould'meet their own and the public feeling this occasion. The present, he was convinced, *as .not the proper moment for such discussioe. Ail' the documents were not before ~the Ct.;urt; and uptil they were so, _any, decision on their import Anust be premature. He thought the Proptietoo.rnight safely wait till a fit moment for discussing.rfiefoatter arrived ;. satisfied, as they might be,. tffat they had the means in theirown hands thems e lve s . justice, evert to the dismissal of auv lfirektlin• ' wh6 might he fbund guilty. • 'Mr. ELPITINsTou bekged that the Court would not separate under 'Buy that tb.c Dire .tors had acted amiss, or .that huh' taistird the Report to be 'slurred over. Such was by no means their inten tion. On the . contrary, it was ti,e objeCl of the Direetors themselves to call the attention a the Pro. prietors to the purport of the Report. "They had no wish, its , the Resolution ,they had come to,' to influence ;-the ^ feeliegs of the Proprietors ; but situply,tby wdeetarat ion o 1 their own 104,4, to en• deavottr to do away any improper preittd:t.e which iritght haves been created. , 'The Gnat then adjourned.' Saturday so'nuight, Colonel Rattray,' of Arthur.: stone. Curn6etland, was thrown trorn bil horse, and lolled on the si.ot. CURACOA, JAN. 160 g, Since writing to you last,, the lige Frigate bets returned into port, without accomplishing the object of her, cruise. • The Recovery got into the harbour of Cor c and is since arrived here. The C4rr. Transport, with Governmen.t stores on board, bas. been drilled as far, to leeward by the vi o . leoce of the current, as to be obliged to make for some other Wand.. The Favourite Sloop of War came in froth Ja maica a few days ago, to relieve his Majesty's Stoop, Tweed, which has returned to that station. The Georgic= and Penelope armed vessels •will sail for Enghind on:tlitt 2gthinst Their carco es being very valuable, his Excxliency Sir'JAM CPCk- BURN, with his usual regard for the commerciJl in terest, ,l)as appointed tile An...our/t o t o see them safe through the Mona Passain which is infested with French' Privateers, , , The Eliza-Ann 4nd•the renvs,Brig . have tbritt , in, being part, of a convoy of :typv4rds of •Uo Sail which left Portsmouth the.ovicidle of December lag, and separated off the •Island of, &male, a depen dency of this,. fuf their respettive .dessinatiorm, well, on the 23d inttant. Two other Liondon,Ships are expeded hourly. Col. TomrNmiiii is artived to as , :unle fliz: com mand of the :Id battalion of the 18'11 reg.inent, and Mr. JACKSON, the Paymaster. -- ' On the Ist of next month the G6l , ctrior Suite 'will embark tor the Spanish Ataiii-„'ori a visit to the Captain. General of the Caraecii,, atter he will .resume the tour of this Coiotly, and itijpedt the western extremity. Trade .continues to increase, and the country is fast advancing in prosperity and improvement. The Count Da FIJENTES, according to the French Papers, died of a malignaht . le'ver, in consequencti of being confined in a dungeon. It is hardly to be doubted that 1311011APARTL will give the he: oa.: audl Unfortunate PAL.AFUI an opporiunity of catchiu3 . .the same disorderin the satne way. ANOTHER ELOPEMENT.--A Noble Lord, welt known in the gay circles of the beau .1/eude tor hiS great taste in theatrical eithibitintis, eloped about ten days F:inee; With the young - and beautiful wlfe a Mr. a West Indlati. ri"ie attachment of tho Lady had long ben pereeiv ! . , d and linnemed by the friends of the parties.. ,Mr, now on no on his way W h tnalca, quitted Century previously to the unfortunate denouement is having taken place: I fuiiii;veSliave been tr;:ceti into Norfolk: • • 'The is a new vosion of tiie story; of Buoxpirnl TT. and as i( has ht.a.:llconitnts:!, hicated,to a Xoblemao in iiliS Cointiry, by an Erg fish Officer abroad, upon is hose licjnour and verdeity there is every reason to rely. 7---" As it may be inter,: citing," says the . Officer's letter, to . have anaut , thentic relit! ion of the atrocious attempt of .Ikots74- PART'S to destroy MAsSEIiA, I shall state it as it will told by a Gentlenian who had it from Count Tot.. vim, the litissian•Anthossador at Paris." EEHTI4II“t o Nl,,;vs:t, and 'C ount u • Tot.sTot, w v ,e on a shooting p4ny sot her at Fon, tainbleau, the day before the Usurper It Fra!tce for Erfurt.The two former weremattding together, in this course of the day, and the two latter were at some distance front them,. but dose to eac h othe r,_.. when IivoNAPARTE seized the f4vo;arable mom en t to fire direolly at Mit.scts.s, and 'wottnded him in t h e tace . anil eye. He then turned round . to 1.4 tin tut:, and demanded who had fired.-11CaTtitLit replied, that he bad not discharged ;his gun, us it was yet loaded. The Tyrant then thundered.out—Qu'o u nc me replique pas!—" Let me have no answer !" _ _ MASS . ENA is said to be entirely blitld. TOLSTOI has two shcits through his Arm., Da. 'is with great pleasure we, stile, that the benefit Concert for this distinguished' mnsician and worthy man, who is now Stlift!ril g inn_ der the most cleplorable,of hurhan tnaladie.t, had an overflowing audience at the Opera-house I,st n One 'of the most amusing works of the cl,:ty . Itinerant, or Memoirs t/ un 4.1c10r„ written t‘y .Ijr. RILEY, who performed Sir ~Pft;., r Tctle, a tem nights before the destruaion at prory-1,..ne atre. Tliis work, it scents; is at‘lually , upon real events, and genuine charaeters vy'lkett have passed under the observation of the Author, through a long int4rcourse itll the atrical World. SHOCKING MURDER.—lhursday morning, at tea , o'clock, . Co . roner tor t County of. Beats, held an inquest at the .ally O a r. deners, Windsor, 'on the body of Ne%vioit a woman of the town, whOwas found' (!e,,ct on hi.r bed, with her cloaths on, ,between five o'clock on 'Wednesday Morning,.by her so:1, a youth about Is years of age, who k‘ to kis e m. tiloyuient as a bricklityees Lhourer. St lica r . tle c,tine, to her apartments I,vhteh were on the ground-floor in Cluer-line, Windsor, he found he front anti bacit door oPei4 and his mother a corpitc e ;,!le bed, beaten and brui.sed in a cruel manner ; I; it. tilediately diarmed the account .of other lodgers in the , call tnnrder sevlril th: . ? thr - a in the hdqrs. The 1i:11 tivo.i rough-ritler, in the Royal 1 - 11)t,.! (bluc , L, ‘vho had coliabiatd with her for ;:q; been a married worn*, aril has lets 1, . . • veral children.' The v..niii..; , scs firoved his frequently , :and therefore they paid n o attenti;:i j liar thOtime this happened, as 1 . -',,r(o..)n t ! td ; Upon . this eyideacr, and that of Mr. 0' Dein, and Mr. Thomas, Surgt,ons, examin,M the deceased, the 5,4 o f 1! t1;(1. Murder crgain 3 t r . morning he .4a+ : to .01, to take his trial :It 1,11'.. 7 “z. Yeiteri.loy 'morning aq a . I two 11, 3 - dies were going aioc, kear the . sits e_ horse chaise, the ! , ./4,t; : ar a baker's barrow, anJ O ld (..)belisk, Where, in turnin:, wa , thr,-.)wit oat qpi,l i ' , , bier.blidge, area just by . the inropit, , e , den . thr , vi , out the Gently ..11, anti tilt) oti4vr Lady, whu 'providentiallY i•li urr, and thr. chaise was at length dashed to atoms, amnia' ittopped‘ by coaling it oontaat with u lamp-post. twat the toot of Vue Eiial e.